James Leslie
@jleslie.bsky.social
Global Manager, UNDP Food & Agriculture Team
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"The unaccounted-for costs of [human damage] to biodiversity, water, health and climate change, including from food production, are at least $10tn-$25tn per year" - @ipbes.bsky.social report
#polycrisis
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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
"The unaccounted-for costs of [human damage] to biodiversity, water, health and climate change, including from food production, are at least $10tn-$25tn per year" - @ipbes.bsky.social report
#polycrisis
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#polycrisis
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The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records “The era of global boiling has arrived”
The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records
Data tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:10 AM
The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records “The era of global boiling has arrived”
“growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows. Most of the rubber goes to produce tires, more than 2 billion a year, and experts warn the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.“
e360.yale.edu/features/rub...
e360.yale.edu/features/rub...
How Mounting Demand for Rubber Is Driving Tropical Forest Loss
The growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows. Most of the rubber goes to produce tires, more than 2 billion a year, and experts...
e360.yale.edu
December 27, 2023 at 5:46 PM
“growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows. Most of the rubber goes to produce tires, more than 2 billion a year, and experts warn the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.“
e360.yale.edu/features/rub...
e360.yale.edu/features/rub...
An account of how residents of Peru’s largest Amazonian city, as well as numerous indigenous communities, are directly at risk from illegal mining in the Loreto region www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘This river is doomed’: Peru’s gold rush threatens waterways and the people who depend on them
Indigenous communities lead fight to stop illicit mining in Loreto that is poisoning the water and destroying its forests
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2023 at 7:31 PM
An account of how residents of Peru’s largest Amazonian city, as well as numerous indigenous communities, are directly at risk from illegal mining in the Loreto region www.theguardian.com/global-devel...